A The Repair Shop guest

A The Repair Shop guest was left sobbing as she was reunited with the last item her dying father ever gave to her (Image: BBC)

A guest on The Repair Shop was reduced to tears after being reunited with the final gift her late father had ever presented to her.

During the BBC One programme’s Favourite Fixes episode, the restoration team discovered that visitor Emma possessed a puppet her father had bestowed upon her during the 1970s when she was merely eight years old.

Emma revealed about the cherished toy, dubbed Billy Willy: “He was a present from my dad. My dad got cnc3r so my nan thought it would be good for him to go to Scotland to a health farm. He was gone probably a couple of months, which is a long time when you’re eight.

“I remember he phoned us and said what did we want as a present when he came back. In the 70s, puppets were all the rage! I just asked for a puppet and I got Billy Willy!”.

“I was absolutely thrilled with him. It was the last thing that my dad gave me because he d13d soon after. We don’t have many photographs of dad so this is all I’ve got of my dad. I’ve got nothing else. That’s why he’s so special. I don’t think I ever really went anywhere without him!”, reports Edinburgh Live.

The experts

The experts learnt from guest, Emma, that she had a puppet her father had given her in the 1970s when she was just eight-years-old (Image: BBC)

 

Emma confessed that her children “absolutely hate” the puppet as they find it frightening due to the facial crack and damaged leg, which prompted her visit to the restoration workshop.

The guest continued: “I think he’d be over the moon to know that Billy Willy was getting a second chance. And hopefully, you know, grandchildren that he’ll never see will get to play with him.”

A The Repair Shop guest

A The Repair Shop guest was left sobbing as she was reunited with the last item her dying father ever gave to her (Image: BBC)

In a heartfelt VT, she expressed: “It’s difficult to understand what happens when you lose a parent and you take it with you all through your life. It’s always there!”

Later on, Emma was tearfully reunited with her cherished Billy Willy, now meticulously restored, leaving her in floods of tears. Emma, who confessed to never having been separated from him before, shared her excitement about the reveal.

Overwhelmed with emotion upon the sight of Billy Willy, Emma burst into tears exclaiming: “Oh my God! That’s amazing! He looks like when he was new! Oh my God, you [the experts] are amazing! He’s still the same, oh it’s lush, that is so good! He’s brilliant, thank you!”

Reflecting further in a video message, she said: “I think it would mean so much to my dad, maybe when dad bought this for me, he knew that I needed something that was going to make me smile. It definitely makes me smile and cry.”